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With The Old Breed; At Peleliu And Okinawa
by Sledge, E.B
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0891411194
- ISBN 13
- 9780891411192
- Seller
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About This Item
Novato, California: Presidio Press, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. First edition of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge.. Octavo, xvi, 326pp. Brown hardcover, title stamped in gilt. First edition, with no additional printings on copyright page. Clean text throughout, even toning, a near fine example. In publisher's very good, first state dust jacket, $15.95 retail price on front flap, ISBN number on rear flap, sunning to spine, short closed tears along top edge, a very good example. This memoir by E.B. Sledge, which recounts his time as a marine during World War II in the South Pacific, is considered one of the finest war memoirs ever written by a soldier. It began as notes that Sledge kept in his bible during the battles and which he sporadically wrote down after returning to the United States. This work, which went largely unnoticed when it was first published in 1981, has become an important first-person narrative of the Pacific theater. It was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries, The Pacific, and Ken Burns PBS series, The War.
Synopsis
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa is a World War II memoir by Eugene Sledge, a United States Marine. Since its first publication in 1981, With the Old Breed has been recognized as one of the better first-hand accounts of combat in the Pacific during World War II. The memoir is based on notes Sledge kept tucked away in a pocket-sized Bible he carried with him during battles.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15335
- Title
- With The Old Breed; At Peleliu And Okinawa
- Author
- Sledge, E.B
- Illustrator
- First edition of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0891411194
- ISBN 13
- 9780891411192
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Place of Publication
- Novato, California
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- first edition Helmet for my pillow, signed book Helmet for my pillow, Robert Leckie, With the old breed sledge, first edition Eugene Sledge, Band of Brothers, The Pacific HBO
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